What: GEOCKY 7th Anniversary Celebration
When: Saturday, December 12, 2009 from 1:00pm - 3:00pm with
caching afterwards
Where: Ramsey’s Restaurant - 4391 Old Harrodsburg Road,
Lexington, 40513 (859) 219-1626
Come one, come all! Let's get together and celebrate GEOCKY's
7th Birthday and geocaching over some lunch at Ramsey’s & some
caching of new & old caches afterwards!
Everyone is welcome, so please come & join us!
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What is GEOCKY?
GEOCKY (pronounced "Jockey") was formed in 2003 to promote safe and
responsible GeoCaching in Kentucky. |
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Our Mission Statement:
The GeoCachers of Kentucky (GeoCKY) is a group of individuals who
are committed to promoting responsible and enjoyable geocaching in
the state of Kentucky. We encourage cooperation with land managers.
GEOCKY also provides the means for people to organize regional
activities and events that will promote the credibility of the
sport.
And a brief history of the event...
On Nov 17, 2001 a local Boy Scout Troop hid Lexington's first two
geocaches.
In December of 2002 local cachers gathered together for the first
time. A small group of people representing 7 local caching id's, 1
crazy guy from Nashville, and the scoutmaster who hid the first
caches met at Bella Notte. At the time of Geocky's conception,
there were about 22 caches in a 50-mile radius.
December 2003 arrives for Geocky's first birthday. The party is
held a Bella again. The group is larger and cachers from Cincinnati
and St. Louis joined us. The cache count is now up to 86 for that
same area.
For birthday number two we moved to Ryan's Steakhouse. This year
visitors from Ohio and Tennessee, and some transplants from Texas
joined the group. The evil guy from TN brought gold boxes for the
Geocky members who hit milestones of 1000 caches. Geocky's second
birthday sees the local cache total explode to 372.
Ryan's is the location of birthday number three. The group is a
little smaller. Many of the original members have moved away or
dropped out of caching. But it is still a fun event. The cache
total for Central Kentucky is up to 469.
Birthdays number four and five were held at Ryan's. The group is
larger than past years. It was a great mix of old and new
cachers.
Since that very first event that the White Diamond Pirates
hosted five years ago, one of the standing Geocky traditions is for
the local cachers to hide some new caches to be activated on the
day of the event. That way everyone will have some new Geocky
birthday present caches to go out and log. So this would be a great
chance for all the local cachers to go out and hide a few new ones.
We have our eyes on a few, new locations where we plan to stash
some new caches.
Please RSVP in the logs below, so we have an idea of how many to
expect. We hope to see everyone there!